Undergarment.



W. S. ELDER.

UNDBRGARMENT.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. 21, 13.

" Patented Dec. 30,1913;

GQfWMJM UNITED emit-Es PAT NT-arms? wxfnmau Ethan, or PHILADELPHIA T0021 whom item-0am amen, or PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania.

Be it known that I, ,W 1.LIA1si S ELDER, a

,citizen of the United States, residing in plwhich the following is a specification.

construct such. a garment as to prevent olo- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, have invented certain Improvements in Undergarments, of 1 My invention relates to that type of knit-' ted undergarment which is provided with overlapping crotch flaps both at front and rear, the object of my invention being to so it jectionable horizontal-seams at the waist por tion, the flaps being, by preferencal-so formed as to permit of the cutting of is a view of. one form of union suit accordance with my invention F1 the garment from 'a tube .of knitted fabric with-i. out material waste. gj i In the accompanying drawing ]ii"re*1"v 3 arerespectively front-and back views of another form of the suit; Fig; 4 is 'a view of a pair of drawers embodyingthe iriven--' tion; Fig. 5. is a view illustrating the method of cutting atube of knitted fabric for the production of the garment shown inFig. 1.; Fig. 6 isa view showing the'method of cut-.

. ting the tube of knitted 'webfor the'production of the garment shown in Figsj2 and 3,

and Fig. 7 is a view showing the lwethpd of i garment shown in Fig. 4.

cutting the web for the production of the ;The body portion of each'of the garments shown in Figs. 1, 2 and 3 of the drawing is a bers being united-at the front and back of composed of'right and left hand members, 1 and 1, of similar construction, these mem-j the garment, either by buttons and buttonholes at the front, as shown in Fig.2, and by a central vertical seam 2 extending from waist to neck atthe "rear, as shown in Figs 1 and. 3, or by seams at both front and rear iTf-aigarment of the character shown in Fig.

.1. :The leg members'3 and 3 and hip meme 1 bers 4 and et of each garment constitute integral oontinuations of the body members 1 aiid 1 respectively, and between the crotch portion of the garment, where the leg members meet, andthe waist portion of the garment, where the buttoned front and the back seam, 2' terminate, the hip members 4 and 4 of the garment are provided with overlapping flaps 5, these overlapping flaps being alike both in front and rear, the overlap Specification of'Letter-sIatent 'PatentedDec.-30,1913. 'p wApplication'filed February 21,1913. smalmfvisgsse. f Y

of the flaps diminishingtowardthetop, and

the upper endof each flap terminating at seam o'f-the garment or at the lower-end of the rear seam-2. By this, means the forma-. tion of horizontal seams at front and rear .of thegarment adjacent to the waist line is prevented and the annoyance to-the wearerdueto the presence ofsuch seams is overcome. This method of forming the flaps 5 also conduces to the cutting of the. garments without material waste, as hereinafter ex- The garment shown in'Fig. 1-is a low-necked which own union .lengt and also provided with sleeves, although it may besleeveless if desired. The

garment shown in Fig. 4; is a pair ofdrawrnnnsiztvkma,assistance 2 5 5 the lower end of the buttoned front or front I sleeveless, union suit having short legs of- I the full width 'of the knitted tube'from f 'er's' having shaped legs of ankle length 'and' v also having hip portions provided. with front'and rear crotch flaps 5 similar to those shownin Figs. 1 and 2 the body portion of this-garment being reduced to a relatively narrow strip at the waist. 1

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The garment shown in Fig.. 1 can be cut i from a tube of knitted 'web in the manner shown in Fig. 5 by forming therein a .cen atral incision 6, and at each end of the same a diagonally directed incision 7., that at one end being on one side of the central'incision and that at the other end on the opposite side of the same. By this means the flaps 5 are formed from that portion. of the web which is cut out to form thelowneck, the

arm holes being formed by short verticalin- 'cisions 8 at opphsite sides of the web.

In cutting the garments shown in Figs.

2, 3 and 4 the methods shown in Figs. .6 and 7 are adopted, the surplus portions 9 shown by the dotted line being available. for'the formation of gussets foruse in various tions of knitted undergarments.

Each of the methods described of cutting,

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while preventing waste, also provides the v wide hip portions required'in garments intended for womens wear.

Although the flaps5 extend for a considerable distance above the actual crotch of the garment they have become known to the trade as crotch flaps and this term has F members being u'nited centrally at the front therefore been used in describing them. and rear of the garment and the crotch flaps I claim: being the same both at front and rear. A knitted-undergarment consisting. of op- In testimony whereof, Ijnave signed my 5 posite halves, each comprising a body memname to this specification, in the presence of 15 ber, a. leg member and a hip member, with i two subscribing witnesses. overla ping crotch flaps at frontand rear, WILLIAM S. ELDER. two 0 said crotch flaps being inte a1 with I Witnesses: one hip member and the other two eing ini KATE A. BEADLE, 10 tegral with the other hip member, the body 5 HAMILTON D. TURNER. 

